Cyfair College Fall 2007

[jtruong85]

Hi, everyone! I got accepted into Cyfair College for fall of 2007 and was wondering who else got accepted? Also, I am excited about getting into the program but at the same time I'm kind of nervous. Can anyone give me any information on what to expect with Cyfair's nursing program. Like how are the test, teachers, clinicals, or the program in general.

[rmfrier]

Every one of us, 17, that is have jobs. 5 of those 17 failed the exit exam and are having to take it for a 3rd time. In saying that, Out of the 13 that did graduate, 5 are working for Memorial City, 1 at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands, 1 at Memorial Northwest, 1 at CyFair Hospital, 2 at St. Katherine in Katy, 1 at Texas CHildrens Hospital, I can't think of the other two right now. THe hospitals really like CyFair students though. You will find a job with no problem. Memorial City is a great hospital to do clinicals and get a job. I work at TExas CHildrens because I got on as a PCA there in the summer because I wanted to be a nurse at TCH. Most started looking for jobs the last semester. Only two of us had jobs elsewhere before then. The teachers really don't talk a lot about career and jobs, but the management class the last semesters will lead you in that direction. Hope this helps and good luck!

[texancanadian]

Thank you for your insight and quick response. Appreciate it. Thanks

[rmfrier]

No problem. Anytime you need advice, support, pickmeup, or have a question, please do not hesitate to post. I empathize and understand where you are and the more support you get, the better you will do. This is just not something you can do a lone without help and support. I went through with three children, 14, 12, and 9 and a husband that was extremely supportive. Not everyone is as lucky or shall I say blessed as I, but you can still find good support that will get you through the stress.

[texancanadian]

rnis4me,

How does the 3rd and 4th semestes compare to the 1st yr. Me and spbyram (and probably the rest of our class) just about managed to get through Med Surg 2.

Does it get better or does it get worse the final 2 semesters ?

Thanks

[rmfrier]

Peds and OB aren't hard, but it is more time management with those classes as far as the workload. Med/Surg 2 is probably your hardes semester I would say. Med/Surg 3 is difficult as well though, but at that point, you have pretty much made it. Concept wise, you have probably made it through the most difficult part and that was Med/Surg I and II. If I had to guess, you probably lost quite a bit huh? When do you take pharm? If you take it third semester, that will make the third semester really hard. Pharm isn't easy by any stretch. The fourth semester now has a different instructor, so it could be a lot harder than it was for us. Our professor really took it easy on us. We were brow beaten so bad the first three semesters that he felt that we had had enough. A lot of us were timid about doing skills because of it and that really frustrated him.

[sbyramRN]

We took Pharm this past semester along with Med Surg II. We had to take it online-we weren't given a choice. It was pretty easy, though. Much easier than Med Surg! Ms. Rooney "taught" it online. I know that Ms. Hagele taught the face to face class with the incoming first semester class. Where did you do clinicals for OB and Peds? What about Psych? Was that hard, and where did you do clinicals? We haven't been told our schedule yet (surprise, surprise), so I am just curious as to how many days we are going to have clinical this semester and where it will be. I have to arrange childcare sometime between now and the fourteenth! I know we lost a lot this summer during Med Surg I, and I think we lost a good amount this fall from Med Surg II. It will be interesting to see who is coming back and who didn't make it!

[rmfrier]

We did peds for 8 weeks and then switched to OB for 8 weeks. Psych will only be for 6-8 weeks and that will mean two clinical days when Psych starts. Peds was at TExas Childrens, which is where I work now as an RN. OB is at Memorial City which is a really good hospital. We have three of our grads starting there this next week. It is kind of hard to say what days you will have clinicals as it will change. I can tell you to plan on PEDS being 11 hour days and OB being 8-9 hour days. Psych is about 6 to 8 hours a day depending. Psych was the absolute worst for our class. We didn't care for the instructor. She has pretty poor communication skills, a class consensus. Maybe she has gotten better at this point. SHe was still pretty new when she taught us. I didn't enjoy the psych rotation at all. Good luck!